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THE brewers' industry OFFICIALLY REC- 

 OGNIZED; SEE PAGE 544 OF OUR 

 ISSUE FOR SEPT. 1. 



The following circular letter sent out by 

 Wayne B. Wheeler explains itself: 



The enclosed is a copy of a letter sent by Secre- 

 tary Knox to the Diplomatic and Consular Officers 

 of the United States. You will observe by this let- 

 ter that Secretary of Agriculture Wilson has accept- 

 ed the position of honorary president of this brew- 

 ers' congress, and that the Secretary of State is ask- 

 ing, through our foreign representatives, that the 

 various governments send delegates to this conven- 

 tion. This is the most uncalled-for official recogni- 

 tion that has been given the brewing interests in 

 this country for a long time; and at a time when 

 the churches and temperance people of the country 

 are exhausting every effort to turn back this tide 

 of debauchery, it seems especially unwarranted. 



The so-called "International Barley and Hop Ex- 

 hibition " in connection with this congress is the 

 thin veneering to cover the real purpose of the 

 brewers, which is, to secure this recognition by our 

 government. Can you not get at least two other 

 persons who will write the President, or telegraph 

 him at once, protesting against a member of his 

 cabinet presiding at a brewers' convention? 



Columbus, O. W. B. Wheeler, State Supt. 



We are told by the papers that a tremen- 

 dous delegation of thousands of peo])le will 

 form a procession, with protests, at the time 

 this celebrated brewers' congress comes ofT. 

 May God help us in our efforts to make our 

 President and Secretary of Agriculture rec- 

 ognize and consider the mistake they are 

 making just at this present crisis in the af- 

 fairs of our nation. 



Later. — When the above first came to my 

 knowledge I sent the following protest to 

 President Taft: 



President W. IT. Taft. 



Washington, D. C. 



Dear iSir: — Permit me, as a friend of agriculture 

 as well as a friend of temperance, to make a vehe- 

 ment protest against permitting Secretary Wilson 

 to appear as honorary president of the Brewers' 

 Congress in Chicago, October 12th and 22d next. 



I am well aware that Secretary ^^'ilson has been 

 a friend to agriculture, and that we owe him a debt 

 of gratitude: but he certainly has failed to notice 

 the wave of indignation that is now springing up 

 everywhere against the brewers and their tools, the 

 saloon-keepers. In writing this I am only voicing 

 the sentiment of The A. I. Root Company, Medina, 

 Ohio. Respectfully, 



Medina, O., Sept. 5. A. I. Root. 



To-day, Sept. 12, I am in receii:)t of the 

 following from Secretary Wilson: 



Mr. A. I. Koot: — Your communication of a recent 

 date is received. There is an international feature 

 to this congress to be held in the United States. 

 Agriculture is to be discussed. The United States 

 is interested in the growing of barley and hops for 

 domestic uses. They are naturally under the juris- 

 diction of the Department of Agriculture. Discus- 

 sions along other lines would be foreign to us. This 

 congress and this exhibition are not under the offi- 

 cial patronage of the Government of the United 

 States. The honorary presidency which comes to 

 me is on account of my position as Secretary of 

 Agriculture. I will have no actual presiding to do 

 in this convention. Very respectfully, 



Washington, D. C, Sept. 11. .Jas. Wilson, Sec. 

 After reading the above I will admit that 

 barley is used for other purposes than for 

 making beer, especially in the Pacific States; 

 and I suppose there is "some market for hops 

 aside from brewers' use; but I wonder how 

 Secretary Wilson can ajjprove, without a 



protest, the use the brewers make of his ac- 

 ceptance of the invitation to be present at 

 that congress. 



GOOD NEWS FROM CHINA. 



A letter is in my hands from that noble 

 and consecrated woman, Mrs. Lucy Page 

 Gaston, the superintendent and founder of 

 the Anti-cigaret League of America. The 

 letter reads as follows: 



My clear Mr. Root: — I suppose you have noticed 

 the fight that is on in China against "the deadly." 

 Dr. Wu and his compatriots who are putting in 

 time, eflort, and money in dead earnest are likely 

 to bring some practical results. 



China is leading the world in reform. Does not 

 that seem strange? 



You will be glad to know that the outlook for our 

 work is better than ever before in spite of the diffi- 

 culties |in the way. My complete break-down two 

 years ago was, of course, quite a misfortune; but I 

 seem to be on my feet again, ready for the America- 

 wide campaign that is needed. 



Lucy Page Gaston. 



1119 Woman's Temple, Chicago, Aug. 25. 



In connection with the above 1 take pleas- 

 ure in submitting the following clipping 

 from the Cleveland Plain Dealer: 



Singing hymns of praise which followed the open- 

 ing of the exercises with prayer, citizens and stu- 

 dents of the little college town of Mars Hill to-day 

 marched around a big bonfire of all the cigarets 

 and tobacco kept in stock by the merchants here, 

 who promise that no more will be ordered. 



An evangelist started a movement to stop the 

 sale of tobacco to students, and the merchants 

 agreed to discontinue its sale as soon as the stock 

 on hand was sold. 



The college authorities would not suflfer any de- 

 lay: S200 was raised by subscription, and the tobac- 

 co stock bought for destruction. 



Asheville, N. C, Sept. 8. 



Please notice, friends, that the above wave 

 of indignation against cigarets and tobacco 

 was started by an evangelist. Notwith- 

 standing the great work that Billy Sunday 

 and others of his class have been doing in 

 our land, I am sorry to see some severe crit- 

 icisms — yes, and some of them come from 

 periodicals that claim to be religious. These 

 criticisms are mostly because of the amount 

 of money that has been given Mr. Sunday. 

 Let me suggest, first, that these vast sums 

 of money are free-will offerings; second, as 

 with Moody, and I might also say Carrie 

 Nation, the money has been used (so far as 

 I can learn) for benevolent purposes and 

 the good of humanity. 



Referring to the newspaper clipping, no- 

 tice also that the money was raised by sub- 

 scription to purchase the stock of cigarettes 

 and tobacco, so the dealers lost little or 

 nothing by the crusade. 



ADOLPHUS BUSCH, HIS "SUNKEN GARDENS." ETC. 



When in Ohio last week, "The Crown of Dia- 

 monds and the Crown of Thorns " came to my no- 

 tice. I feel very warmly on this subject, and wish 

 to help you in the good work. I enclose 10 cts. In 

 stamps for 100 of the pamphlets to distribute. 

 Busch's " sunken gardens '" in Pasadena are beau- 

 tiful, and I could enjoy them If the money expend- 

 ed was obtained for something that did not de- 

 grade. He went to a "dry" town to settle and 

 beautify it. Why did he not go among those to 

 whom he has sold his misery-making stuflf? 



Minneapolis, Minn., Sept. 21. Mrs. J. W. Bull. 



